OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234470

N. L. MC CULLOUGH

GEARY, OK· 1986-01-02T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, OIL WELL DRILLING, OIL WELL SERVICING, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, MECH MALFUNCTION, PRESSURE RELEASE, LUBRICATING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2448819
Employer profile: N. L. MC CULLOUGH
Summary number: 14234470
Report ID: 627700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY LUBRICATOR

Investigation abstract

On January 2, 1986, Employee #1 was standing by the lubricator, which the employ ee shook, while listening to determine whether a tool had passed. When the lubri cator came under pressure, Employee #1 was struck on the jaw by a hammer union a nd was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
9

Event type
1

Source
2

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
15

Task assigned
1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.